Haji Qadir Koyi

Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897) was a Kurdish poet and mullah. He tried to help the growth of nationalism among the Kurds with his writing. He wrote that Kurds should develop literature and newspapers in the Kurdish language. Kurds, he wrote, should write down their oral traditions and their ballads. Koyi thought that literature and political power were both important for the Kurds to develop a state.^[1]

References

↑ Gunter, Michael M. Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. 2nd edition, Scarecrow Press, 2011. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: ISBN 978-0-8108-7507-4. Full text

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[1] Gunter, Michael M. Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. 2nd edition, Scarecrow Press, 2011. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: ISBN 978-0-8108-7507-4. Full text

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